The 8th edition of the annual exhibition of Pakistani mangoes will be organised in Dutch capital The Hague on June 29.

The event has been arranged by the Commercial Wing of the Embassy of Pakistan, with the support of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, at Chamber of Commerce The Hague, as per information received by APP on Thursday.In the exhibition, there will be more than 10 varieties of Pakistani mangoes on display and available for tasting.

Besides a display of mangoes set up by the Commercial Wing of the Embassy, 7 leading suppliers/exporters of mangoes from Pakistan will be showcasing their products.

Chain stores dealing in fresh fruits and vegetables.

Besides, the diplomatic ctrade visitors will include the wholesalers, distributors, importers, retailers , the dignitaries from the Dutch Government and the consumers especially from the Pakistani expatriate community are expected to visit the exhibition.

Chandigarh, June 23 (PTI) About 1,000 different varieties of Mango would be displayed in the two-day Mango Mela which will be held here on July 2 at Yadvendra Garden in Pinjore.

Haryana Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Tourism Ram Kishan Fauji said that the Mela was being organised every year to disseminate latest information to farmers about how to increase the production of Mangoes.

They were also informed about the new varieties in the market that they could produce within their limited resources for sales in India or abroad.

SDSH has conferred the award on Sudhanshu for his significant contribution to promotion of horticulture in general.

"Adoption of scientific methods has boosted my income from Rs 10,000 to Rs. 6 lakh from the sale of fruits in a span of eight years," said Sudhanshu, a Delhi University history graduate, who has an eight-acre orchard at Nayanagar village, around 90km from Patna. He directly sells his produce to exporters.

The HinduA Farmer of Moinabad with Rare Variety of Mango Azam-us Samar. Photo: Special Arrangement

An almost extinct variety of mango that was saved by a professor is now bearing fruits

Just when mango carts are making way for bananas, some households are rejoicing at mango flowers and the ripe fruits hanging out from various branches in their garden.

We know the Himayat Pasand to be the sweetest, but there is yet another variety that stands out for its sweetness, fragrance and the ‘juicy factor' - Azam-us-samar.

This variety of mango which originated in the gardens of Nawab Azam Ali Khan was almost extinct until Mir Mustafa Husain, a professor teaching at the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University decided to invest his time and not let the mango variety disappear.

“Mustafa Husain grafted the mango in various farms in Shamshabad and Moinabad. He came to our garden and did the grafting. When it comes to size and weight, most of the `Azam-us-Sama…

As Mexico’s mango harvest shifts to the states of Sinaloa and Sonora, importers believe volumes will continue to stay strong.

For most of the year, the volume of imported mangoes has been racing against last year’s numbers: a little ahead one week, a little behind the next.

While shipments from Mexico and Haiti briefly dipped last year in early June, this year’s crop has surged to the highest volumes of the year, at more than 3 million boxes per week, according to a weekly report from the National Mango Board.

Gary Clevenger, a managing member of Freska Produce International LLC, Oxnard, Calif., said that 33 million boxes came from Mexico by mid-June, compared to 28 million last year. Industry experts think it will stay that way.

“We’re looking at numbers that look like they’ll exceed what we did last year,” National Mango Board executive director William Watson said. “I’m sure we’re going to see m…

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1. The main use of irradiation for produce is for phytosanitary purposes.

At the approved low dosage of 1 kilogray, irradiation sterilizes fruit flies, their larva and other unacceptable bugs.

The sterilization alternatives to irradiation often are less appealing. Methyl bromide was the choice phytosanitary agent years ago, until the government began phasing out the use of the hazardous chemical.

Another popular bug-killing remedy that still is used on most of the mangoes imported into the country is a hot-water dip treatment. It requires that the fruit be picked unripe so that it can withstand the up to 95 minutes it must be exposed to hot water (depending on the fruit size) to kill larva, says Arved Deecke, founder and general manager of Benebion, an irradiation service provided by Phytosan S.A. de C.V., a company based in Guadalajara, Mexico. "The heat destroys the enzyme reactions that drive the ripening process." That means the fruit will not ripen any further, and the …

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